Pei Dalang ignored Widow Xia and Qi Dayong, who were lying on the ground, throughout the entire incident.
Instead, he and Pei Yao walked to Zhang Niangzi's side. Zhang Niangzi seemed to be unconscious at this moment, with her eyes tightly closed.
The children were crying their hearts out, "Mother, wake up!"
Pei Yao glanced at Shen Yu beside her and asked, "Shen Yu, are you sure Madam Zhang is alright?"
Shen Yu also looked serious, his expression devoid of any joke: "I just took her pulse, and there's nothing seriously wrong internally, but I haven't checked the external injuries. I need a female doctor to examine them."
After finishing his sentence, Shen Yu added, "If there were a carriage that could take us to Tongrentang now, a female doctor could examine us; that would be the best."
“There’s a carriage. Our carriage is parked at the village entrance.” Chen Fang said, glancing at Pei Dalang.
Pei Dalang immediately understood: "I'll go and bring the carriage over right now."
After saying that, he walked straight through the crowd to the village entrance.
When Pei Dalang returned with his carriage, the villagers were quite sensible and made way for him.
Especially those who originally had a good relationship with the Pei family and Zhang Niangzi, and who disliked Qi Dayong and Widow Xia.
This even helped the organization get everyone to make way for Pei Dalang and his group.
"Make way, let the carriage pass first."
"Yes, everyone should make way and not delay the rescue."
"......"
Although no one wanted to openly confront Qi Dayong and Widow Xia, these two scoundrels, they secretly all wanted to help Zhang Niangzi.
Yunniang, Pei Yao, and Chen Fang carried Zhang Niangzi onto the carriage, and the other women saw this and helped as well.
Ultimately, we all need to work together to speed things up.
But at that moment, Widow Xia quickly got up from the ground and stood in front of Pei Yao, ready to cause trouble.
She lay down in front of Pei Dalang's carriage, crying, making a scene, and rolling around on the ground.
She was just like a shrew, or rather, she was a shrew to begin with.
"Oh no! Someone's being beaten! Someone's going to die! Is there no justice or law left? People from other villages dare to come and attack our village! They're bullying us right here at our doorstep! You heartless bunch..."
Widow Xia cursed filthyly, spewing out all sorts of offensive words.
After saying that, he pointed at the other women who had helped Pei Yao and launched into a tirade of abuse:
"And you traitors, you're from the same village as me, but you're helping outsiders. Where's the village chief? I want to find the village chief to settle this matter."
"I'm here!" The village chief's deep, aged voice came from the crowd, and everyone spontaneously made way for him.
Village Chief Liu walked out with an imposing expression, his eyes revealing impatience as he looked at Widow Xia.
This whole mess is ridiculous, he really doesn't want to deal with it anymore.
If he hadn't been practically dragged here by everyone, he really would have wanted to find an excuse to get away and have some peace and quiet.
Widow Xia knew she was in the wrong. She had only called the village chief as a bluff, but she hadn't expected him to actually come. Now she felt a little guilty.
But now that things have come to this, Widow Xia has no choice but to grit her teeth and continue her tantrum.
"Village chief, you are our village chief! You have to stand up for me!" Widow Xia rolled on the ground several times, wailing.
The village chief's expression grew increasingly grim.
He had already heard about what happened from others.
He glared fiercely at Qi Dayong, his eyes seeming to say, "Look at all the mess you've made!"
Qi Dayong lowered his head guiltily after being glared at.
Qi Dayong didn't actually want things to escalate like this; it was all because of that stupid woman, Widow Xia, who insisted on beating those three children.
This angered Zhang, who was usually meek and submissive.
Zhang usually cherished those three little money-losing brats the most.
If it weren't for her, Zhang wouldn't have made such a mess of things.
Qi Dayong was starting to regret it; why hadn't he intervened to stop Widow Xia?
Qi Dayong avoided the village chief's gaze.
I chose to be a quail.
The village chief coldly said to Xia, the widow who was throwing a tantrum on the ground, "Xia, get up right now! What kind of behavior is it for a widow to throw a tantrum in someone else's house!"
The village chief spoke rather tactfully, without explicitly revealing the relationship between Xia Shi and Qi Dayong.
Widow Xia acted as if she hadn't heard, continuing her tantrum: "It hurts so much! My whole body aches! Village Chief, you have to stand up for me! This brat..."
Just as Widow Xia was about to call her a brat, Pei Yao gave her a cold glare that made her pause.
That brat's stick really hurts!
"Village chief, this girl hit me with a stick and my whole body hurts! She's trying to kill me, village chief!"
Zhang Niangzi's youngest daughter looked at Village Chief Liu, her swollen, red eyes a heartbreaking sight: "Grandpa Village Chief, she attacked Mother first. Sister Pei was only trying to help Mother..."
Village Chief Liu was a shrewd man; how could he not know what kind of person Widow Xia was?
However, Pei Yao and the others were from another village. Even if they were trying to help Zhang, it was still wrong for them to openly attack people from their own village.
He was also displeased.
In this situation, the priority is to resolve the issues in the neighboring villages first, and he will deal with the issues in his own village later.
Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the villagers later.
So he looked at Pei Yao with a commanding gaze, asking without anger, "Which village are you from?"
When Pei Dalang got serious, his imposing manner was in no way inferior to that of Village Chief Liu, and was even more imposing than Village Chief Liu.
He stepped forward to block the women. From what Widow Xia had just said, Pei Dalang could roughly guess that the serious-looking old man in front of him was the village chief of Liu Family Village.
When Pei Dalang arrived, Pei Yao had already stopped attacking Widow Xia, so in Pei Dalang's mind, Widow Xia must have made the first move today.
So at this moment, he explained in a clear and articulate voice:
“Village chief, we are from Liangshui Well Village. Our Yao’er is usually very gentle. Today, this woman must be making trouble and slandering us.”
Pei Dalang spoke with righteous indignation, and if the villagers hadn't seen Pei Yao chasing and beating Widow Xia with a stick earlier, they would have believed him.
Pei Yao was indeed in the wrong to take action, but she was only able to do so because Widow Xia attacked Zhang Niangzi first.
She went too far.
Pei Yao stepped forward and greeted Village Chief Liu with a slight bow: "Village Chief Liu."
Village Chief Liu looked at Pei Yao with a probing gaze and asked in confusion, "Do you know me?"
Pei Yao nodded: "I know you. I've always heard Grandpa Niu mention you before. He said you're an upright and incorruptible person who hates evil. Please help me and Madam Zhang today."
When Pei Yao put a tall hat on him, Village Chief Liu's expression visibly softened.
But he still maintained his airs and continued, "What business is it of yours if other couples have minor squabbles?"
Pei Yao continued, "Village Chief Liu, today's incident wasn't something we wanted to provoke, but rather that Qi Dayong has gone too far. He frequently beats Zhang Niangzi and is also having an affair with this Widow Xia..."
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